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THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1981
National
Violent reality not
grasped by students
United Press International
TULSA, Okla. — Students who cheered the news that President
Reagan had been shot were unable to understand the reality of
violence, their school principal said.
Teachers at the Academy Central School said several students
cheered, laughed or made light of the announcement Monday that
the president and three other persons had been wounded by gunfire
in Washington.
Principal Tom Hayes said the students’ reaction was connected
with the violence children see daily on television.
“It was a result of the children not understanding the reality of
violence,” Hayes said.
A teacher, John Zannini, said about 10 of the 16 students in his
seventh-grade language arts class cheered the announcement. “It
was like television to them,” Zannini said. “Someone shot J.R. and
they cheered. Someone shot Reagan and they cheered. That’s
scary. ”
Zannini said he was stunned at the children’s reaction.
“I was dumbfounded. I didn’t know what to do,” he said. “Here
were these kids cheering that the president had been shot. I didn’t
know what to say.”
Another teacher, Lynn Morris, said she was out of the classroom
when the announcement was made, and “three or four” of her
eighth-grade science students were laughing about it when she
returned.
“They asked me if he was dead and when I said no, that he was
doing well, they snapped their fingers and said, ‘Well, shucks,”’
Morris said. “I was stunned and shocked.”
Hayes said he made the announcement six minutes before the
end of the school day.
Airlines to share crash payment
United Press International
CHICAGO — American Air
lines and McDonnell Douglas
Corp. have agreed to share pay
ment of damage awards in the
1979 crash of a DC-10, which will
greatly speed up lawsuits filed on
behalf of 273 people who died in
the nation’s worst air disaster.
In the out-of-court settlement
Tuesday, the airline and the
manufacturer agreed to share
paying damages granted in past
and future suits stemming from
the May 25, 1979, crash of Amer
ican Airlines Flight 191 near
O’Hare International Aiiport.
Details of the landmark settle-
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ment were not disclosed. The
agreement means there will be no
full court hearing on the question
of who was at fault in the crash, the
worst in U.S. aviation history.
Such a suit between the two giant
corporations could have lasted
years.
McDonnell Douglas attorney
Norman J. Barry said the agree
ment will have a “very, very mate
rial effect on rapid disposition” of
about 160 damage suits pending.
Barry applauded the settlement
as a “very responsible act” which
saves years of litigation.
The agreement was expected to
be finalized by the end of the
week, the lawyers said.
McDonnell Douglas was the
manufacturer of the widebodied
jet that crashed in an open field
about a mile from the world’s
busiest airport shortly after take
off for Los Angeles. The crash kil
led all 271 people on board and
two others on the ground.
The agreement was proiriji
by a federal appeals court decis
last January, which ruled that
heirs of crash victims wereei
tied only to compensatory-;
punitive — damages.
The two firms had agreed
admit to some liability even
that decision but had disputed
degree of their liability.
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ASPEN, Colo. — A ski patrol
man caught in a “freak” snowslide
in a high avalanche hazard area
near the Snowmass Ski Area was
listed in critical condition
Wednesday at Aspen Valley Hos
pital.
Roberto Gasperl, 40, was taken
to the hospital suffering from ex
treme cold Tuesday. A second pat
rolman caught in the avalanche,
John Ersbaumer, 36, was listed in
good condition with two sprained
knees, cuts and bruises.
Aspen Ski Corp. spokesman
Jack Brendlinger said he learned
from doctors that Gasperl’s heart
had begun to operate on its own
and his skin color was starting to
return.
A spokeswoman at the hospital,
however, said late Tuesday that
Gasperl’s condition had
worsened. She declined to go into
detail.
“He was trapped for some
time,” Brendlinger said. He had
no other details about Gasperl’s
injuries.
He said Gasperl and Ersbaum
er, along with Loren Ryerson,
were on a normal, “out-of-
bounds” avalanche patrol route
performing snowslide control
work, which involves triggering
slides with explosives when the
two men were injured shortly be
fore 10 a.m.
“An unusual avalanche frac
tured above them on a relatively
flat slope and swept Ersbaumer
and Gasperl down into Hanging
Valley,” Brendlinger said.
Although he was buried,
Ersbaumer was able to extricate
himself and was digging down to
Gasperl when Ryerson (who
escaped the slide) arrived.”
Brendlinger said Ryerson skied
down to report the incident and
20-25 ski area employees re
sponded.
The three patrolmen were
wearing avalanche location de
vices, which transmit a small radio
signal to help rescuers find vic
tims.
In Fort Collins, Colo., the U.S.
Forest Service said the avalanche
danger for the mountains around
Aspen was rated “high” Tuesday.
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HOUSTON — Secretary of
State Alexander Haig has been re
ceiving unwarranted criticism
from government officals and the
media for his statements at the
White House Monday, former
White House press secretary Jody
Powell said today.
Powell, press secretary for
President Jimmy Carter, told
Houston radio station KTRH the
secretary of state received a “bum
rap” by those who have been
openly criticizing him for his
appearance in the White House
press room after the shooting of
the president.
During the appearance Haig
said he was in charge of the White
House situation room while Vice
President Bush was flying back to
Washington from Texas.
“Gen. Haig was only trying to
reassure millions of citizens
watching television who were ob
viously concerned about the situa
tion and the leadership of the gov
ernment at the time, ” Powell said.
“Haig also was serving notice to
friend and foe around the world
that Washington was in working
order,” he said.
“Like all Americans, I was at
first shocked at the news,” Powell
said. “Then there was a moment of
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disbelief and when I sawpid®
from the scene outside the Hi
Hotel I was angered that soi
thing like this could hap[i
again. ”
When asked if he ever lean
being shot while serving at ll
White House Powell said,
something you always thinkaba
but try to put behind you.”
The former press
complimented the administratii
on how it handled the situatia
Since leaving govemmei
Powell has returned to
where he is writing, lecturing
making public speaking engaj
ments.
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WASHINGTON — Acknow
ledging the news would “dis
appoint some dairy farmers,”
Agriculture Secretary John Block
dropped the other shoe in the
administration’s effort to bring
dairy program costs under con
trol.
The first well-publicized effort
I was a new law canceling an in-
r crease in the milk support level
that was to have gone into effect
today.
President Reagan signed the
bill Tuesday morning in the
George Washington University
hospital bed where he is recover
ing from Monday’s assassination
attempt. The bill was the first test
of congressional response to his
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budget cuts and he was suc
cessful.
A little later, Block told the
House Agriculture Committee
the administration was proposing
a minimum support level at 70
percent of parity as part of a bill to
set basic farm policy over the next
four years.
While Congress considered the
April 1 adjustment bill, which sets
dairy policy over the next six
months, the administration re
fused to make public its proposal
for a four-year dairy program.
In fact, administration sources
confirmed that one of the reasons
Block delayed appearing on Capi
tol Hill for a week was to keep the
long-term proposal secret while
Congress voted on the first bill.
Many congressmen guessed
that when the dairy bill was consi
dered last week.
“I’d be perfectly happy to sup
port this bill once the administra
tion drops the other shoe,” said
Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., who
represents the nation’s prime
dairy state.
“We are aware that this level of
support may disappoint some
dairy farmers,” Block told the
committee when he finally un
veiled the proposal. “I want to
assure you that we are making this
recommendation only after care
ful evaluation of future milk pro
duction and use.”
Since the present dairy prog
ram was enacted in 1949, the
minimum support level has been
at least 75 percent of parity, a stan
dard that measures farmers’
buying power.
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percent of total dairy productiot
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percent of parity if it were neces
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discourage extra production
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bility to adjust the support k
tween 70 and 90 percent of pan! 1
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Block said he would propose*
justing the level just once a ye*
instead of twice a year as the 191
law requires. On Oct. 1, thenfl
adjustment date, the support^
would be no lower than the
rent $13.10 per 100 pounds,
said.
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support level be set between’
and 90 percent of parity depeid
ing on anticipated future govert
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Resident of College Station for 14 V> years.
Married, one daughter, one son.
Veteran (U.S. Air Corps, WWII)
Degree in architecture (U. of So. Calif.)
and In city planning (MIT).
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Executive (vice pres.) with large
engineering firm (Wllsey & Ham).
Owner ol small planning consulting
firm doing business with numerous
Texas cities.
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Station, Texas.
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Director of City Planning (8 years),
Stockton, California.
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College Station Planning and
Zoning Committee.
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Environmental Action Council of
Brazos County.
Brazos County Grand Jury
Citizens Advisory Committee for
College Station City Plan.
Planned, economically sound
growth, with order and envi
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Developmental decisions
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Since the last farm bill was
enacted in 1977, the level has
been at least 80 percent of parity.
The effort to alter the milk sup
port progratn comes as govern
ment purchases are expected to
reach nearly $2 billion this year.
Skipping today’s scheduled in
crease in the support level is sup
posed to save $147 million in
costs.
The support level would
raised if it appeared purchaS
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lowered if purchases were risinf
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